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WorksheetsResearch Ethics Game
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is an ethical consideration?
making sure you research does not cause harm or offence
when people are different colours
making sure your research causes harm or offence
when you are polite to people
What is informed consent?
when people involved in your research are told
when people involved in your research are not told
when people involved in your research are paid
when people involved in your research are not paid
What is anonymity?
Not telling someone you are researching them
Keeping someone’s identity secret.
Not putting your name on your research
Telling all of the names
What is confidentiality?
Not putting someones name on their research
need for researchers to tell people that they are being studied
Need for researchers not to publish personal details of respondents
To only research people that you know
The purpose of ethical guidelines in research is to
Ensure that the participants are safe
Enable ethical deception
To ensure participants are paid for their time
Ensure the study get valid results
When written informed consent is obtained, participants must be told________of the experiment
The aim and hypothesis
The method and pay rate
The nature and purpose
Method and outcome
Does a reason have to be given to withdraw from a study?
Yes
No
Obtaining informed consent means the research must make sure to provide participants with:
General overview of the study purpose and risks
Information about the study methods and design
Reports include the study results and conclusions
The choice of being in the control or intervention group
Is it ok to talk about your findings with people that are interested in the results
Yes
No
I carry out research on chemical weapons. I test some chemicals on people. It burns their skin and leaves permanent scarring. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?
informed consent
cause no harm
right to withdraw
confidentiality
deceptive practices
I carry out research on chemical weapons. I test some chemicals on people. I don't tell them that the chemicals could burn their skin. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?
informed consent
cause no harm
right to withdraw
confidentiality
deceptive practices
I carry out research on chemical weapons. I test some chemicals on people who are in prison. Some want to withdraw from the experiments but I don't let them. They're prisoners so I can do what I want to them. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?
informed consent
cause no harm
right to withdraw
confidentiality
deceptive practices
I carry out research on chemical weapons. I test some chemicals on people. When I reach the end of the experiment, I publish the results in the newspapers and go on TV to talk about my studies. I show photos of the people who took part. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?
informed consent
cause no harm
right to withdraw
confidentiality
deceptive practices
I want to carry out research on chemical weapons but I have problems finding volunteers to test the chemicals on. So I just invent the data and pretend I did the experiments. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?
informed consent
cause no harm
right to withdraw
confidentiality
deceptive practices
